3,500 sing ‘Amazing Grace’ at Las Vegas candlelight vigil (VIDEO)

Thousands came together Monday at a church in Las Vegas for a candlelight vigil for the victims of a mass shooting Sunday night during the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival.

Canyon Ridge Christian Church broadcasted the service on their Facebook page, including a short video of the more than 3,500 people in attendance singing “Amazing Grace” in unison, which has since been viewed over 425,000 times.

The church noted that in addition to the 3,500 physically present for the service, many more people from all across the world joined them online to pray for the victims.

I’m more pro-gun than most people, yet I don’t see how the shooting can be considered “amazing grace” after the fact. Amazing grace would have meant something if it helped before all of those poor people were killed and wounded. I’m also a “First Amendment guy,” so I nevertheless support the absolute right to sing “Amazing Grace,” even though I see no grace given to the people who were killed. I’m not from the speech police.

Brian Canfield

Why is grace so amazing? “Grace” means “undeserved kindness.” God gives us something good that we don’t deserve. It is “amazing” both because of how good the gift is, and how much we utterly fail to deserve it.
The gift is eternal life in paradise. There is no way you could ever be given anything better than that. And it is amazing what it cost God to give that gift. And yet the gift is given to a “wretch.” That could describe any of us.